The Journal of Financial Transformation is dedicated to the advancement of leading thinking in the field of applied finance. The journal, which provides a unique link between scholarly research and business experience, aims to be the main source of thought leadership in this discipline for senior executives, management consultants, academics, researchers and students. The journal is supported in this effort by an illustrious editorial board.

The current and previous issues of the journal are listed below.

The Journal of Financial Transformation is a recipient of the Apex Awards for Publication excellence 2002-2007.

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Cass-Capco Institute Paper Series on Risk - Journal Vol. 24

This issue of the journal provides an overview of the latest investment methodologies, markets, and instruments, and examines whether investment professionals do in fact add value to their clients.... Read more

Retail Financial Services - Journal Vol. 23

Within the financial sector the retail financial services area is one where innovations have been most evident. Financial institutions are increasingly recognizing and reacting to growing competition in this space, both from banks and non-bank players, and learning how to incorporate best practices from other retail disciplines. As this diffusion of ideas into the industry increases, so will the number of new and innovative services. This issue of the journal provides a comprehensive review of the developments made in the world of retail and the aspects that have been, or can be, applied within the financial services sector.... Read more

Cass-Capco Institute Paper series on risk - Journal Vol. 22

The inadequacy of different risk valuation models prompted us to establish the Cass-Capco Institute Paper Series on Risk, in partnership with Cass Business School, Europe’s leading academy of risk and the world’s second-ranked risk faculty. The objective of this paper series is to ensure that the best thinking of the world’s leading scholars is gathered in one location, accessible to those who need it most. We are confident that this paper series will provide a very pertinent bridge between scholars and financial executives.... Read more

Client-centricity - Journal Vol. 21

In this issue of the Journal some of the world’s leading authorities in the field of customer-centricity share with us their views about what best-in-class customer service provision looks like, and provide prescriptive advice about how financial institutions can institute the kinds of transformational change necessary to become truly client-centric organizations.... Read more

Securities - Journal Vol. 20

This issue of the journal attempts to provide an in depth assessment of how a number of the most famous new financial products are engineered and how financial institutions can best prepare themselves to settle and clear them.... Read more

Monetary Union - Journal Vol. 19

The Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union has proved that it can create relative value on both an operational and an economic level. With its progressive free flow of capital, people and goods, it has created an improved environment for growth. In this issue of the Journal, our contributors offer us a series of insights that will cover in depth the lessons that other unions in the world can learn from the euro, but also what the risks are when a monetary... Read more

Finance Factory - Journal Vol. 18

In recent years there has been a growing recognition among financial institutions that many of the tasks undertaken within their middle- and back-offices are similar to what happens within a typical factory, namely repetitive processes for creating products, or in the case of financial services firms, services. The aim of this issue of is to stimulate financial institutions to start thinking of their operations as factories and to see how they can learn from the best-in-class manufacturers to better manage their own manufacturing capabilities.... Read more

Growth - Journal Vol. 17

This issue of the journal focuses on how financial executives have turned their attention from managing the bottom line to improving the top line. The articles in this issue highlight how growth can be stimulated, even within those divisions that were once cost centres, and what frictions still exist within the system that need to be overcome in order that the potentially sustainable profitability compression facing the banking industry can be mitigated.... Read more

Transformation 2 - Journal Vol. 16

This 5th anniversary issue of the journal features a special series of papers based on the presentations given at the recent SIBOS conference. These articles, referred for the first time, represent some of the best thinking from that conference and include important contributions on areas such as the efficiency of international labor and financial markets and the practical application of transformation ideas.... Read more

Wealth - Journal Vol. 15

This issue of the Journal aims to help our readers get a better understanding of how wealth, be it human or financial, can be preserved for future generations; how it can be managed to help its accumulation; and how it can be released.... Read more

Market imperfection - Journal Vol. 14

This issue of the Journal aims to highlight some of the challenges facing the financial services industry in its ambitions to become efficient and discuss ways in which a number of them can be better met. ... Read more

Pricing - Journal Vol. 13

Pricing of assets and services has come a long way since the first pricing models were developed. This issue provides you with a number of the most advanced pricing models and strategies available in the markets today.... Read more

Payments - Journal Vol. 12

This issue highlights the fact that it takes more than smart technologies and goodwill from financial institutions to make a new payment mechanism work. Why, despite the fact that payments are of tremendous importance to financial institutions, do they remain so far below the radar of top management and strategists?... Read more

Data - Journal Vol. 11

The word ‘data’ is used quite a lot these days, surpassing word peers such as ‘information’ and ‘knowledge'. At the same time, questions are also being raised about the data used to defend changes in monetary policy. This issue aims to provide answers on the subject of data.... Read more

Alternative Investments - Journal Vol. 10

Hedge funds have become the buzz word in today’s world of high finance. It is not, however, only their complex investment styles that are grabbing the attention of the world’s investment managers, but also because they are facing serious threats from star departures. This issue is dedicated to alternative investments.... Read more

Transformation - Journal Vol. 9

Dramatic changes are reshaping the world as financial markets tumble, new members join the EMU, and financial companies cope with long-term shrinking margins. This issue aims to highlight these changes, analyze their implications, and provide prescriptive recommendations on how financial institutions can respond effectively.... Read more

Offshoring - Journal Vol. 8

The number and types of organizations that are considering moving non-client-facing operations offshore has experienced a dramatic growth. This issue aims to highlight the important issues in making such as dramatic decision and provide guidelines as to how these challenges have been faced and managed by pioneers of this industry.... Read more

Trust - Journal Vol. 7

This issue focuses on how the credibility of governments, financial markets, and corporations has been damaged by recent events and aims to provide prescriptive guidance on how we can get a better understanding of the root causes of these crises and how to best manage them.... Read more

Technology - Journal Vol. 6

Despite the stock market boom and resulting backlash of the late 1990s, a number of organizations still believed that innovative technologies could truly transform our world and developed capabilities that rely on this infrastructure. This issue focuses on how innovative technologies can enable organizations to improve their overall corporate strategies and the way they operate.... Read more

Risk - Journal Vol. 5

The number and variety of risks that senior financial executives face in today's environment is increasing exponentially. These range from a crisis in confidence to industry and macro-economic risks that must be managed effectively. This issue focuses on macro-economic, regulatory, and operational risks.... Read more

Customers - Journal Vol. 4

There is a growing recognition from major global financial institutions that their businesses are no different from any other. To attract and retain clients they need to improve the means by which they communicate with their clients, manage their assets, and understand their needs. This issue is dedicated to the topic of customers.... Read more

Capital - Journal Vol. 3

Senior financial executives were already concerned about the future of the financial services industry even prior to the tragic events of September 11th – we have devoted a section of this issue to analyze its implications. Sections are also dedicated to the importance of intellectual capital, financial capital, and the capital markets.... Read more

The new wave of liquidity - Journal Vol. 2

This issue looks at how new technologies have mitigated many of the frictions that exist within today’s global financial markets, and as a result enabled both individuals and institutions to release the value tied down within many of the assets they possess much more efficiently.... Read more

Evolutionary finance - Journal Vol. 1

The Journal’s inaugural issue focuses on three areas in the financial services industry that have been undergoing the greatest change: exchanges, regulation, and asset management. The papers range from analysis of the current environment to predictions about the industry's state in a few years time.... Read more